Posted on 03/07/2015 10:05:22 PM PST by QT3.14
Turkish Airlines has the first slot for landing at the Kathmandu airport, just after 6 a.m. In winter, this often means long hours circling over the hills south of the Kathmandu Valley and waiting for dense fog to lift. Wednesday wasn't any different. About 6 a.m. local time, Flight TK726 crossed from India to Nepal and the pilot advised passengers that fog over the airport meant a 90-minute delay. But not to worry, he said, there was plenty of fuel.
About 7:15 a.m., the Airbus A330 with 224 passengers attempted a landing but had to abort. The plane circled and then came in again. This time, passengers say the plane hit the ground hard, its nose bouncing up and down as it veered off the runway. The front landing gear collapsed and the plane came to a stop, its nose resting on the rain-soaked, grassy earth.
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kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-katmandu.
Bob Seger, is that you?
CC
I say bulldoze the plane off the field and tell the Turks to sue me and if you don't like that get your damn airplane off my runway.
There are consequences for deciding to go from a Western country and ally to an Islamist hell-hole.
Autoland, but forgot to engage autopilot #2...
Hiring a sherpa sounds safer.
Hindu.
And Buddhist.
Turkey, not Nepal.
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